Blackstone Builds Warehouse Arm With Discount Deals: Real Estate
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Blackstone Group LP is in the spotlight as it prepares a record stock offering for the Hilton hotels chain. Its success building one of the nation’s biggest warehouse landlords has garnered far less attention.
IndCor Properties Inc., the Chicago-based industrial real estate company that Blackstone formed in 2010, has more than doubled in size since its inception and continues to make acquisitions. Demand for U.S. warehouse space is outpacing construction, leading to higher lease rates and declining vacancies as spending by consumers and businesses recovers.